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Charley's wake leaves long lines, short fuses
Sentinel Staff WriterLuckily, as the father of a baby and 5-year-old, I'm used to cold showers and little sleep. . . . So a guy was at the gas pump with a long line behind him. He pumped his gas, and then went in the convenience store and spent several minutes getting...Tags: Hurricane Charley (2004), Glenda Hood, Pat Robertson, Pike Electric Corporation, Georgia
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Charley may be gone, but toll keeps climbing
Sentinel National Correspondent-------------------- 7:22 a.m. Early today, 391,000 people remained without power, said Kristy Campbell, spokeswoman at the state emergency management center. One of three hospitals shut down by the storm, Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte,...Tags: Mike Brown (ice hockey), Politics, Natural Disasters, Florida, Employees
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Few lights, but many questions
Sentinel Staff WritersUtility-company crews had restored electricity by Monday to half of the 1.5 million Central Florida residents who lost power in Hurricane Charley, but this success spawned new anxiety and envy among those still left in the dark. "We've been hit heavy,...Tags: FPL Group, Companies and Corporations, Politics, Public Employees, Natural Disasters
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Electrical system inhibits fast fixes
Sentinel Staff WriterWhen Louell Miner got home from work Monday, she cleaned up melted freezer pops, soppy vegetables and rotten meat from her freezer. Her house in South Orlando was about 85 degrees, laundry was piling high and she was eating meals from Subway and Golden...Tags: Coffee, Buddy Dyer, Hurricane Charley (2004), Health, Companies and Corporations
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1.5 million without power in area
Sentinel Staff WriterMore than 1.5 million Central Florida residents went to bed Saturday night without electricity to cool their homes, warm their showers or refrigerate their food. And as much as a week may pass before the last of them can turn the lights back on in the...Tags: Ohio, University of Central Florida, Companies and Corporations, Colonialtown, Natural Disasters
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Charley rolls across Central Florida
Sentinel Staff WritersHurricane Charley battered Central Florida tonight, packing 105 mph winds that tore off roofs, knocked down trees and left tens of thousands of residents without power. There were widespread reports of trees falling on homes and storm-related fires, as...Tags: Cell Phones, Executive Branch, Vehicles, Natural Disasters, Kissimmee
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Hurricane Charley news Web log
From Staff and Wire ReportsThe Web log is no longer being updated, but read through our coverage from the last page forward of Hurricane Charley's rampage through Central Florida. Sat. Aug. 14, 4:23 p.m. Heavy rain caused the roofs to collapse on several condemned apartments near...Tags: Cell Phones, Weather Radar, Gardens and Parks, Executive Branch, Labor Legislation
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Charley rips across Florida
Sentinel Staff WritersHurricane Charley bullied its way up Florida's midsection Friday, flipping small airplanes, tearing off roofs, knocking down trees and flooding roads as it headed from coastal Charlotte County through Orlando and Daytona Beach. At least three people were...Tags: Natural Resources, Executive Branch, Natural Disasters, Vehicles, Louisiana
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Charley roars across Central Florida
Sentinel Staff WritersHurricane Charley battered Central Florida on Friday night, packing 105-mph winds that tore off roofs, snapped trees like twigs and left hundreds of thousands of residents without power. And as the cleanup began, there were fears that electricity outages...Tags: Politics, Natural Disasters, Vehicles, Kissimmee, Florida
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Global warming not a likely culprit in Charley's destructiveness
Sentinel Staff WriterCentral Floridians sitting in dark, hot houses trying to watch the Olympics on 4-inch, battery-powered televisions can't even take solace that they're helping to prevent the next devastating hurricane. In other words, global warming -- caused in part...Tags: BellSouth Corporation, Disasters, Weather, Caribbean Sea, Education
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Recovery divides those with power, those without
Sentinel Staff WritersThe night her lights came back on, Darla Smith returned from a walk past the homes without electricity in her storm-ravaged Orlando neighborhood and was appalled to see her brightly lighted chandelier shining through the foyer window. "I thought, 'Now...Tags: Disasters, Hurricane Charley (2004), Natural Disasters, Florida, Kissimmee
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Crews slowly light up Central Florida
Sentinel Staff WriterAbout two-thirds of Central Florida electric customers thrown into the dark by Hurricane Charley were back on line Tuesday as utility officials announced they had completed key repairs to a majority of their main power lines. That milestone cleared the...Tags: Winter Garden, Companies and Corporations, Natural Disasters, Longwood (Seminole, Florida), Florida
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